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American Hea Journal 



April, igii 



is considered more profitable than 

 comb. The author figures that the 

 producer sells to the grocer at the rate 

 of 23 cents a pound for honey in sec- 

 tions, at the rate of 19.7 cents a pound 

 for the honey in half-pint jars, 18.-J 

 cents for that in quart jars, and 17 

 cents a pound in 2-quart jars. 



Bees are generally wintered on the 

 summer stands. Victoria, where Mr. 

 Todd lives, is nearly oOO miles farther 

 north than Chicago, but the season 

 seems to open earlier there, likely be- 

 cause of the nearness of the Pacific 

 Ocean. The following dates are given : 

 Feb. 21, willow ; pollen carried in. 

 March 17, much willow; a few dande- 

 lions. April 18, early plums, apples. 

 Later on there is not the same differ- 

 ence, white clover blooming about June 

 1. The strange thing is that although 

 " clover and snowberry bloom round 

 about Victoria about June 1, it is not 

 until about the 20th of the month that 

 the bees begin to get surplus honey." 

 In the region of Chicago, instead of 19 

 days, it is about 10 days from the time 

 of the first clover bloom until bees get 

 surplus honey from clover. 



On page 35 occurs this sentence : 

 "A honey-comb is about 1 inch in 

 thickness in ordinary conditions, with 

 a space of ;'s inch between each pair." 

 Just what can our author, usually so 

 exact, mean by that ? If the pair of 

 combs contain worker-brood, will not 

 the intervening space be more than %, 

 and if they contain honey will it not be 

 less than % inch ? 



National Convention at Minneapolis 



It has been decided that the 1911 meet- 

 ing of the National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held in the Court House 

 at Minneapolis, Minn., Wednesday and 

 Thursday, Aug. 30th and 31st. The in- 

 vitations from several other enterpris- 

 ing cities were duly considered, but it 

 was thought best under the circum- 

 stances to go to Minneapolis this year. 

 The National has never met in that 

 part of the country, and also for a 

 number of other good reasons the 

 Executive Committee decided to hold 

 the meeting there this year. 

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Notice to Illinois Bee-Keepers Bee- 



Keepers of Illinois having foul brood 

 in their apiaries, or having reasons to 

 believe it exists in their neighborhood, 

 should write the State Inspector, who 

 will be glad to come and assist you. 

 Write him so that he may plan his trips 

 in order to make traveling expenses as 

 light as possible. A. L. Kildow, 



Putnam, 111. State Bee-Insfector. 



Eastern Illinois Convention. — It was 



our pleasure to attend the second day 

 of the last meeting of the Eastern Illi- 

 nois Bee-Keepers' .Association, held at 

 St. Anne, 111., March 1 and 2, 1911. 

 There were about 40 bee-keepers pres- 

 ent during the two days, and a splendid 

 meeting resulted. Mr. C. P. Dadant, 

 President of the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Associaton, was also present. 

 The following were elected as officers 

 for the ensuing year: President, Jesse 

 H. Roberts, of Watseka ; vice-presi- 

 dent, H. Whitmore, of Momence ; sec- 

 retary, A. J. Pallissard, of St. Anne; 



and treasurer, H. S. Duby, of St. Anne. 



Mr. Duby has been "the power be- 

 hind the throne" in organizing the 

 Eastern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, and keeping it going. He always 

 sees to making the necessary arrange- 

 ments and provides for the entertain- 

 ment, etc., of those attending. Mr. 

 Duby is not only a bee-keeper and 

 poultry fancier, but also a dealer in 

 bee-keepers' supplies, as will be no- 

 ticed from his advertisement from time 

 to time in the American Bee Journal. 



One of the most important actions 

 taken at this convention was the unani- 

 mous passage of resolutions endorsing 

 the foul brood bills in the Illinois State 

 Legislature. It would be a good thing 

 if more of such local conventions of 

 bee-keepers could be held, not only in 

 Illinois but in other parts of the coun- 

 try as well. The personal meeting of 

 those engaged in the same line of work 

 is always interesting, and can not help 

 being mutually profitable. It is hoped 

 that another year there may be an even 

 larger attendance of bee-keepers from 

 the eastern part of Illinois. 



Vice-President Wright Married Re- 

 cently we received a newspaper lyith 

 the following paragraph marked : 



Married in New York. 

 Altamont. March 4.— Announcement has 

 been made in this village of the marriage on 

 Feb. 22 at St. Peter's Lutheran parsonage. 

 New York city, of Wheeler D. Wright, of 

 this village, and Mrs. Carrie Barton, of Knox. 

 The Rev, A. B. Moldenke. the pastor, per- 

 formed the ceremony. Mr. and ^I^s. Wright 

 will live in this village. 



Mr. W. D. Wright is vice-president 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. Our heartiest congratulations 

 are tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Wright, 

 in which all bee-keepers will unite. 

 While it was no doubt quite right to 

 be Mrs. Barton heretofore, she will 

 just be " all Wright" now. 



Home ol the " Falcon " Bee-Supplies 



The two views presented herewith show 

 entirely different portions of the fac- 

 tory of the W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co., at 

 Falconer, N. Y. At the left side of Fig. 

 1 will be seen projected the end of the 



long building shown in Fig. 2. The 

 srnall 2-story building atthe left in Fig. 

 2 is not a part of the large building in 

 No. 1, but is a building used as a tin- 

 shop adjoining a row of dry-kilns. 



Somewhat more than 30 years ago 

 Mr. W. T. Falconer began making bee- 

 hives in a building, the top of which is 

 shown at the extreme right of picture 

 No. 2. More than half of this building 

 is below the surface of the ground, as 

 it was formerly used as a sawmill. The 

 latter portion of the building has a 

 storage capactity of 3,000,000 sections. 



From this humble beginning a por- 

 tion of the factory in No. 2 was added, 

 then another part, and yet a third addi- 

 tion. Finally the roof was raised to 

 the third story. 



At the right of picture No. 2 there 

 are two more store-houses. Just at the 

 left of the old original sawmill will be 

 seen a small 2-story building. The 

 beeswax and comb foundation depart- 

 ment occupies this entire building, the 

 output of which to date (March 15) this 

 year is just double that of last year. 

 About two-thirds of the building in 

 picture No. 1 was built the' fall of 1907 

 and in 1909 another addition was put on 



Mr. W. T. Falconer. 



Mr. and Mrs. Leslie NL\rtix. 



being about one-third of the structure. 

 The same year a store-house with a 40- 

 carload capacity was put up just across 

 the street. This does not show, neither 

 does the office-building which is be- 

 tween the two main buildings ; likewise 

 the stables and lumber yards which are 

 not in view. 



By looking carefully it will be seen 

 that there are cars located on a private 

 siding ; immediately back of the cars is 

 a loading platform, and all orders, 

 either carload or local, are loaded 

 directly into these cars. This saves 

 much rough handling, to which the 

 goods would be otherwise subjected. 



The business, from the manufacture 

 of a limited number of hives for differ- 

 ent near-by bee-keepers has grown 

 from year to year without any special 

 advertising, the sales having been made 

 from the reputation of the excellent 

 quality of the goods, until the house of 

 Falconer is now furnishing bee-sup- 

 plies to every part of the globe. 



In order to take care of their ever- 

 increasing trade more adequately, they 

 are constantly installing additional im- 

 proved automatic machinery; for in- 

 stance, their equipment in the wax de- 

 partment was doubled, and this year 

 they have made additional changes and 

 improvements which places them in a 

 position to turn out a product equal to 

 any manufactured in this country. 



In addition to furnishing bee-supplies 

 from many convenient points in this 



